Comments about ‘Glenn Beck: Living large in Texas, and richer than ever’

Its very telling that conservative media voices like Glenn Beck are very
successful while left wing media voices are losing audience and floundering
financially! There is a message and a reason in that, isn’t there? Free
speech isn’t just for liberals anymore!

Free speech may not just be for liberals anymore, but the success of glenn beck
shows how disconnected from reality the far right is. Beck is loopy, hyperbolic,
and tries to make points far beyond where reason ends.

Glenn Beck has used his influence to push gold investment into new highs. Yet
the companies selling gold on his program have charged excessive prices for the
gold coins they sold. There are stories of people cashing out their entire
retirement accounts to buy gold finding out later that while gold has doubled in
value their investment is still under water because of the greatly inflated
prices they paid.

MountanmanHayden, IDIts very telling that conservative media voices
like Glenn Beck are very successful while left wing media voices are losing
audience and floundering financially! There is a message and a reason in that,
isn’t there? Free speech isn’t just for liberals anymore!

8:28 a.m. May 29, 2012

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You know what
else is telling?True success can never be measured by one's own
personal wealth --

Joseph Smith was never rich,Mother Teresa
was never rich,Jesus was never rich.

BTW - Sherem, Nehor,
Zeezrom Korihor, all became very , VERY wealthy by Gaining a HUGE
audience, Using flattering words to their listeners, telling the
people how much better they were than others, Shunning the poor and the
needy – saying they get what they deserve, and finally; focusing
and proving their self-righteousness – how God has blessed them - by
flaunting materialism.

Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity
are all treading on some very thin ice right now.

Beck has no connection to Utah (other than
spiritual it seems). He has more roots in Texas than here.

@ LDS
Liberal

Your lame attempt to compare Beck (and Hannity) to early-day
neo-cons is mean-spirited at best. There are no flattering words to their
followers-only straight-forward truth and calls to repentance. Except for the
case of Mr. Limbaugh, there seems to be no flaunting of wealth or to put
themselves on pedestals of self-righteousness.

Come on sir,
shunning the poor and the needy? For examples of that, see your friends at
MSNBC or CRNT.

You have to be joking. Glenn Beck pushes world gold
prices? That is crazier than you lefties claim he is! Good grief.

It is funny how the left bash him and attempt to dismiss him as a crazy yet a
minute later he is influencing world gold prices. Ridiculous!

I've heard his gold pitch too "..gold may or may not be right for you
and your investments but IF you are buying gold I recommend...."

Ya, real heavy pitch.

Its called advertising.

Sure Beck
is full of hyperbole and entertainment mixed in with his rants. Just like with
anyone who opens their mouth I will analyze and use my brain to determing the
validity of what they are saying.

That said, he has been accurate far
too many times and exposed the LEFT and their schemes all too often to be
dismissed as the left would like you to do.

Of course we should all
believe people like Al Gore who said he invented the internet....ya, he is real
credible as he makes millions (including special govt loans and grants for his
green companies) off his global warming hype.

After he sips on his diet coke, quick, hand him a tissue, he's about to
cry, because Beck ranked No. 23 with an estimated annual income of $80 million.
What are the issues? First of all, it implies that the economic issues that
conservatives want to cut are police, firemen, roads, and education. While there
may be some who want to see the funding their evaluated, Secondly, government
allows you to get wealthy, and society and government get to decide how much of
the wealth you get to keep. At its most base level, her argument against the
wealthy shows the battle going on in government between the philosophies of
collectivism and individualism. And what about the claim that EVERYONE is
paying for the roads, schools, etc.?. Glenn pointed out that if he was at the
point where his family couldn’t eat, he would go to his church and look to
them for help before the government. Why? Because those are individuals choosing
to give their wealth through charity to those less fortunate.

Beck exaggerates and he overstates his successful predictions. But he speaks
truth fearlessly. Accusations that he only cares about the money are false and
mean-spirited. Beck honestly strives to expose corruption and improve the
world.

@ LDS Liberal

You are wrong. Joseph Smith lived in
a mansion in Nauvoo. Jesus easily could have been have been rich, unless you
know something about his life between childhood and his ministry that noone else
knows.

The size of your audience or bank account are irrelevant.
King Benjamin was rich and had a huge audience. Money is not evil. We will be
judged not by what we have but by what we do with what we have. Do you have
proof that Beck spends his money on extravagance and filth. If not, you are
falsely accusing him.

Beck does not flatter anyone. He does not shun
the poor. He wants people to help their neighbors instead of sitting around
waiting for the government to do it for them. He does not say people are better
than other people. He says people who behave one way do better than people who
behave another way. You have done the same thing in your comments.

False. "everyone" is NOT paying for the roads,
police, fireman, and education.

People like Beck, Limbaugh, and
Hannity are already paying the vast majority of taxes according to the
IRS's own statistics.

You do realize that 47% of eligible
"tax payers" pay net ZERO federal income tax right?

The
problem is that we have far too many people that pay nothing at all so what
vested interest do they have when the govt talks about raising taxes? They
don't. Everyone should have to pay something (even if its small) so that
they care what our corrupt govt implements.

Liberals of course
specialize in class warfare and pitting different incomes against each other.
They realize now they have almost half living off the other half and are busy
trying to find ways to redistribute anything they can get their hands on.

Government is a proven failure at so many things and successful at very
few.

Not a day goes by without us reading of more govt waste
discoverd yet Liberals think it is a great idea to scheme additional ways to get
money for the govt to spend.

* People of Germany could have saved alot of
grief had there been a Glen Beck in their time.* Despite the envy of
liberals, America is still a land of opportunity, and success is nothing to be
ashamed of.

@Go Big Blue:"There are stories of people cashing out their entire
retirement accounts to buy gold finding out later that while gold has doubled in
value their investment is still under water because of the greatly inflated
prices they paid."

Anytime someone loses their retirement money
by bad decision making, it makes for a sad story.

I'm sure,
since you say they exist, you have sources for these stories you site
illustrating Beck's personal responsibility for other's lack of
judgement in their personal "investment" choices.

Curious
enough I have only ever heard Beck say that he does *not* buy gold as an
"investment" - he buys it for insurance. Agree or disagree with his
opinion, he tells his listeners straight out that that is his personal
preference for his family.

Then comes the part where he says,
"Gold may or may not be right for your family. Do your own homework."

Would you be willing to share your sources for these stories you
claim?

I used to listen to Beck alot - not so much anymore. Seems like his message is
off in obscurity somewhat. He has rallies on restoring Israel, restoring love ,
etc... but I'm not sure what this has to do with getting Mitt Romney
elected and removing Barack Obama from office which is and should be the highest
priority for any conservative radio personality. At the end of November if Obama
is still standing then nothing else really matters... we are all dead in the
water economically. Beck needs to refocus and re-energize the Tea Party.

I find it curious that the talking heads like Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh believe
they know all the answers but they never run for office to actually do anything
about it. The fact that they believe they know more than the people
actually doing something but never actually try to change anything is very
telling. They are nothing but narcissists. Tax the rich.